How Pregnancy Could Delay Multiple Sclerosis Onset
Pregnancy could delay the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) by more than 3 years, according to a comprehensive international study led by Monash University researchers, published in JAMA Neurology.
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Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Show Robust T-Cell Responses to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients undergoing anti-CD20 (aCD20) treatment -- which depletes the B cells that contribute to the MS attacks -- are able to mount robust T-cell responses to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, despite having a muted antibody response to the vaccines, researchers suggest.
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Plant-Based Diet + Healthy Gut = MS Protection
Metabolism of plant-based dietary substances by specific gut bacteria, which are lacking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), may provide protection against the disease, a new University of Iowa study suggests, in Science Advances.
Black People May Respond Differently to Common MS Therapy Than White People
Black people who have autoimmune neurologic diseases, multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), may respond differently than white people to a common therapy meant to modulate the immune system, according to researchers.
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New MS Subtypes ID’d Using Artificial Intelligence
Using artificial intelligence, scientists at University College London (UCL) suggest they have identified three new multiple sclerosis (MS) subtypes.
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Gait-Improvement Device for MS Patients Gets FDA OK
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the marketing of the Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS), a new device indicated for use as a short-term treatment of gait deficit due to mild to moderate symptoms from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Pack Health Partners with National Multiple Sclerosis Society to Support Patients with MS
Patient engagement platform Pack Health and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society announce their partnership to optimize and implement a patient-centered digital health coaching program for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Evolution Devices Wins the 2021 MS Innovation Challenge
Evolution Devices has been awarded the $25,000 Innovation Award for its smart stimulation therapy to improve the mobility of multiple sclerosis patients, Lyfebulb announces.
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Should You Get the COVID-19 Vaccine If You Have MS?
Those with multiple sclerosis (MS) may be wondering if the condition places them at increased risk for COVID-19 and whether they will be eligible to receive a vaccine soon. Verywell Health provides some answers.
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Could Rising Temperatures Have This Effect on Multiple Sclerosis Patients?
Could rising temperatures resulting from climate change send more people with multiple sclerosis to the hospital? Apparently so, according to American Academy of Neurology researchers.
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Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month Programs Focus on Improving Mental Health and Wellness
The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) recognizes March as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month, with its campaign theme being Improving Mental Health and Wellness.
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Digital Music Therapy Now Available for People Living with MS
Bristol Myers Squibb and the American Music Therapy Association, in partnership with actor, singer, and songwriter Ben Platt and his sister-in-law Courtney Platt, a dancer, choreographer, and actor who lives with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS), launch MS in Harmony.
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2021 MS Innovation Challenge Finalists Announced
Bristol Myers Squibb and Lyfebulb announce 10 finalists chosen for the Lyfebulb-Bristol Myers Squibb “Addressing Unmet Needs in MS: An Innovation Challenge.”
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Expanded Disability Status Scale Identifies Disability in Patients With and Without MS
The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), which assesses the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), found both older individuals with and without MS to have significant disability, according to a recent study, per Neurology Advisor.
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Childhood Trauma Has This Effect on Multiple Sclerosis
Childhood trauma could affect the trajectory of multiple sclerosis development and response to treatment in adulthood, according to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers, in Nature Communications.
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Stem Cell Transplants May Help Prevent Worsening of MS Disability
Intense immunosuppression followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant may prevent disability associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) from getting worse in 71% of people with relapsing-remitting MS for up to 10 years after the treatment, according to a recent study.
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How This Could Spur Seizures in MS Patients
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine have identified a pathway involving astrocytes, a class of central nervous system support cells, that could shed light on why seizures occur in some multiple sclerosis patients. The study was published in ASN Neuro.
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Phase 2 Study of Stem Cell Therapy for MS Suggests Promising Results
NeuroGenesis and Hadassah Medical Center announce positive results from a placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial assessing the impact of NG-01 autologous proprietary subpopulation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).
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